Am I getting TOO thin?

Just a few moments ago, I was in the middle of reading a book I bought on sale the other day when Mama blurted out “Ikaw ga are?” while pointing to the TV. Startled as you could expect, I glanced at the TV to see what she’s talking about. It was tuned to NBN and the woman on the screen was discussing, of all things, anorexia nervosa. Yes, that anorexia nervosa, the eating disorder. Still don’t know what I’m talking about? Let Wikipedia enlighten you:

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight, and an obsessive fear of gaining weight due to a distorted self image which may be maintained by various cognitive biases that alter how the affected individual evaluates and thinks about their body, food and eating. AN is a serious mental illness with a high incidence of comorbidity and also the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder.

My first reaction was to laugh. Me, with an eating disorder? Overeating, I would probably concede that I do, but not eating to lose weight? Count me out please. I admit I do tend to obsess about my weight every now and then (any self-respecting girl does) but trust me, I hardly do a thing about it anyway. I’d be ranting about my waistline one minute, then shoving a bar of chocolate down my throat the next. Doesn’t speak much about my discipline but hey, that’s the truth for you.

So what brought about Mama’s comment if that’s the case, you say? Okay, so I did lose weight and look thinner than I did, say, six months ago. My current weight ranges from a healthy (for my height) 47~48 kg. But no, not as a result of some diet or regimen. If you ask me, that’s just a freak of nature since I eat a lot. And when I say I eat a lot, I do mean I eat a lot.

Just ask anybody at work. I’m not a rice person eversince so my eating only half a cup of rice during break time should not be construed as a weight-loss method. Besides, I more than make up for that with all the sweets and junk foods I eat (which are waaay more fattening than good old rice). In fact, the vendors at Nakamura (my fave stall in Night Market) already know me because of my huge appetite–on more than one occasion did I consume P50 worth of siomai (that’s 15 pieces at P10/3 pcs.) AND a big siopao plus palamig. The first time I did that, they literally gaped at me like some freak on the circus. Haha. But I digress.

Anywho, that left me asking, am I now too thin? It’s not like my mother’s the only one who noticed. A lot of people did, especially at work. So tell me, am I now too thin? Here’s a couple of the “thinnest” pictures I could find: